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In a little known paper entitled, "List of mosses of the state of New York," 
and published in the place indicated above, Peck included the following three 
manuscript species of Austin: J. Sullivantiana, J. Lescuriana and /. Peckii. 
In connection with each of these species a full description by Austin is given. 
Since these were probably the earliest of Austin's species to be published and 
since the later literature of the Hepaticae makes no allusion to them, the writer 
appealed to Professor Peck a number of years ago for information about them 
and about the specimens upon which they were based. Professor Peck kindly 
sent a plant of J. Peckii for examination but stated that the other two species 
were not represented in the herbarium at Albany. In the writer's opinion /. 
Peckii is a simple synonym of Harpanthus scuiatus (Web. & Mohr) Spruce, a 
species with which Austin himself compared it. The other two species can hardly 
be determined from Austin's descriptions. In all probability /. Sullivantiana 
is a species of Cephaloziella, and /. Lescuriana may perhaps belong to the same 
genus. 
4. JuNGERMANNiA Rauana Steph. Bull. Herb. Bossier II. 1; 511 [Sp. 
Hepat. 2: 73]. 1901. "Hab. America sept. Washington Terr. (Rau)." 
According to the original description of this species it is characterized 
(among other features) by a dioicous inflorescence, by a lack of cauline under- 
leaves, by adnate and entire perichaetial bracts, by variously cleft or laciniate 
perichaetial bracteoles, and by a clavate-cylindrical perianth densely setose at 
the mouth. Since some of these peculiarities are inconsistent with the genus 
Jungermannia as defined by most students of the Hepaticae, the writer was 
especially anxious to study the type material, in order to confirm or correct 
Stephani's observations. 
Upon making inquiries of Mr. Eugene A. Rau, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania^ 
in whose honor the species was named, it was learned that he had never collected 
hepatics in the state of Washington and that he had no specimens in his herb- 
arium bearing the name /. Rauana. The type locality of the species therefore 
became problematical. Though the kindness of Professor R. Chodat, of the 
University of Geneva, the writer has since obtained a portion of the type from the 
Stephani collection, now included in the Boissier Herbarium. This specimen 
shows beyond a doubt that /. Rauana is a synonym of Jamesoniella autumnalis 
(DC.) Steph. An adnation of the perichaetial bracts, which is ascribed to the 
species, is not shown ; although the upper portion of the stem, to which the bracts 
are attached is swollen, the long-exserted perianth takes its origin above the line 
of attachment of the innermost bracts. Not only is this the case, but the bracts, 
although usually entire, occasionally show basal cilia. Jamesoniella autumnalis 
has a wide distribution in Europe, Asia and North America. In the eastern 
parts of Canada and the United States it is one of our commonest species. On 
the Pacific Coast, where it seems to be rarer, it has been reported byMacoun 
from several stations in British Columbia, so that its occurrence in the neigh- 
boring state of Washington would naturally be expected. It is unfortunate 
that there is so much uncertainty about the locality where Stephani's specimen 
was collected. 
